Japan at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 256 (175 men and 81 women) in 24 sports | |||||||||||
Flag bearer | Kumi Nakada | |||||||||||
Medals Rank: 17 |
Gold 3 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 11 |
Total 22 |
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Japan competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 256 competitors, 175 men and 81 women, took part in 166 events in 24 sports.[1]
Contents
- 1 Medalists
- 2 Archery
- 3 Athletics
- 4 Badminton
- 5 Baseball
- 6 Boxing
- 7 Canoeing
- 8 Cycling
- 9 Diving
- 10 Equestrianism
- 11 Fencing
- 12 Gymnastics
- 13 Judo
- 14 Modern pentathlon
- 15 Rhythmic gymnastics
- 16 Rowing
- 17 Sailing
- 18 Shooting
- 19 Swimming
- 20 Synchronized swimming
- 21 Table tennis
- 22 Tennis
- 23 Volleyball
- 24 Weightlifting
- 25 Wrestling
- 26 References
Medalists
Gold
- Toshihiko Koga — Judo, Men's Lightweight (71 kg)
- Hidehiko Yoshida — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg)
- Kyoko Iwasaki — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Silver
- Koichi Morishita — Athletics, Men's Marathon
- Yuko Arimori — Athletics, Women's Marathon
- Yukio Iketani — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
- Naoya Ogawa — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Ryoko Tani — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
- Noriko Mizoguchi — Judo, Women's Half Lightweight (52 kg)
- Yoko Tanabe — Judo, Women's Half Heavyweight (72 kg)
- Kasumi Watanabe — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Bronze
- Shigeki Wakabayashi, Katsumi Watanabe, Yasunori Takami, Akihiro Togo, Koji Tokunaga, Yasuhiro Sato, Masanori Sugiura, Kento Sugiyama, Koichi Oshima, Hiroyuki Sakaguchi, Shinichi Sato, Hiroshi Nakamoto, Kazutaka Nishiyama, Masafumi Nishi, Hirotami Kojima, Hiroki Kokubo, Takashi Miwa, Tomohito Ito, Shinichiro Kawabata, and Masahito Kohiyama — Baseball, Men's Team Competition
- Yukio Iketani, Masayuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Nishikawa, Yutaka Aihara, Takashi Chinen, and Yoshiaki Hatakeda — Gymnastics, Men's Team Combined Exercises
- Masayuki Matsunaga — Gymnastics, Men's Parallel Bars
- Tadanori Koshino — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
- Hirotaka Okada — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
- Chiyori Tateno — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)
- Yoko Sakaue — Judo, Women's Heavyweight (+ 72 kg)
- Ryohei Koba — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
- Fumiko Okuno — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Solo
- Fumiko Okuno and Aki Takayama — Synchronised Swimming, Women's Duet
- Kosei Akaishi — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight (68 kg)
Archery
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In the nation's fifth Olympic archery competition, five of Japan's six archers failed to qualify for the elimination round. The one that did, Hiroshi Yamamoto, lost his match. Both teams lost their first matches in the team round as well.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Keiko Nakagomi — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0)
- Keiko Fujita — Ranking round, 48th place (0-0)
- Yukiko Ikeda — Ranking round, 49th place (0-0)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Hiroshi Yamamoto — Round of 32, 17th place (0-1)
- Naoto Oku — Ranking round, 47th place (0-0)
- Kiyokazu Nishikawa— Ranking round, 61st place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition:
- Nakagomi, Fujita, and Ikeda — Round of 16, 14th place (0-1)
Men's Team Competition:
- Yamamoto, Oku, and Nishikawa — Round of 16, 15th place (0-1)
Athletics
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Men's 100 metres
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- Heat — 10.56 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
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- Heat — 28:24.08
- Final — 28:37.61 (→ 14th place)
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- Heat — 29:20.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
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- Heat — 3:01.35 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Koichi Morishita — 2:13.45 (→ Silver Medal)
- Takeyuki Nakayama — 2:14.02 (→ 4th place)
- Hiromi Taniguchi — 2:14.42 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km Walk
- Fumio Imamura — 4:07:45 (→ 18th place)
- Takehiro Sonohara — 4:13:22 (→ 22nd place)
- Tadahiro Kosaka — 4:14:24 (→ 24th place)
Men's 110m Hurdles
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- Quarterfinals — 13.88 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heat — 50.30 (→ did not advance)
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- Heat — 49.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
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- Qualification — 72.88 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.79 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
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- Qualification — 15.97 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 10,000 metres
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- Heat — 32:07.91
- Final — 31:55.06 (→ 12th place)
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- Heat — 32:45.47
- Final — 32:09.58 (→ 14th place)
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- Heat — 34:29.64 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk
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- Final — 47:11 (→ 23rd place)
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- Final — 47:43 (→ 24th place)
Women's Marathon
- Yuko Arimori — 2:32.49 (→ Silver Medal)
- Sachiko Yamashita — 2:36.26 (→ 4th place)
- Yumi Kokamo — 2:58.18 (→ 29th place)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.91 m (→ 7th place)
Badminton
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Baseball
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Japan was one of the eight teams to play in the first Olympic baseball tournament. In the preliminary round, the Japanese team defeated the United States and four other teams, but lost to Cuba and Chinese Taipei to come in third place in the round after those two teams. In the semifinal, Japan again played against Taipei, losing once more to be relegated to the bronze medal game. There, they again faced the United States and repeated their victory to take home the medal.
Men's Team Competition:
Team Roster
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- Tomohito Ito
- Shinichiro Kawabata
- Masahito Kohiyama
- Hirotami Kojima
- Hiroki Kokubo
- Takashi Miwa
- Hiroshi Nakamoto
- Masafumi Nishi
- Kazutaka Nishiyama
- Koichi Oshima
- Hiroyuki Sakaguchi
- Shinichi Sato
- Yasuhiro Sato
- Masanori Sugiura
- Kento Sugiyama
- Yasunori Takami
- Akihiro Togo
- Koji Tokunaga
- Shigeki Wakabayashi
- Katsumi Watanabe
Boxing
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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
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- First Round — Defeated Domenic Figliomeni (CAN), 5:3
- Second Round — Lost to Valentin Barbu (ROM), 7:10
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
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- First Round — Defeated Delroy Leslie (JAM), 11:5
- Second Round — Lost to Julien Lorcy (FRA), RSC-2
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
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- First Round — Lost to Adrian Dodson (GBR), RSC-3
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
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- First Round — Lost to Maselino Masoe (ASA), RSCI-3 (00:54)
Canoeing
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Cycling
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Women's Individual Road Race
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- Final — 2:29:22 (→ 50th place)
Diving
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Men's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 344.40 points (→ did not advance, 21st place)
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- Preliminary Round — 295.74 points (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 391.05 points
- Final — 529.14 points (→ 8th place)
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- Preliminary Round — 331.23 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
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- Preliminary Round — 301.23 points
- Final — 443.76 points (→ 11th place)
Women's 10m Platform
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- Preliminary Round — 239.01 points (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Equestrianism
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Fencing
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Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Japan in 1992.
Gymnastics
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Judo
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Modern pentathlon
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One male pentathlete represented Japan in 1992.
Men's Individual Competition
- Hiroshi Miyagahara — 4859 points (→ 48th place)
Rhythmic gymnastics
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Rowing
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Sailing
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Women's 470 Class
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- Final Ranking — 53.7 points (→ 5th place)
Shooting
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Swimming
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Men's 50 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 24.61 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 51.63 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
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- Heat — 52.74 (→ did not advance, 45th place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 1:53.42 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
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- Heat — 1:53.75 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 3:57.91 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
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- Heat — 4:00.66 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 1500 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 15:40.94 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 56.18
- B-Final — 56.64 (→ 12th place)
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- Heat — 57.64 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 200 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 1:59.95
- Final — 1:59.52 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 2:03.10 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 1:01.76
- Final — 1:01.86 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 1:03.29 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 2:14.35
- Final — 2:14.70 (→ 7th place)
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- Heat — 2:14.61
- Final — 2:15.11 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 55.18 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
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- Heat — 55.98 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 200 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 1:59.96
- Final — 1:58.97 (→ 5th place)
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- Heat — 2:01.27 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 2:03.32
- B-Final — 2:04.29 (→ 13th place)
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- Heat — 2:04.89
- Final — 2:07.74 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 4:20.07
- Final — 4:23.80 (→ 8th place)
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- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
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- Heat — 3:43.88
- Final — 3:43.25 (→ 8th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 26.74 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
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- Heat — 27.36 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 56.26
- B-Final — 55.97 (→ 9th place)
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- Heat — 57.71 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 2:00.96
- Final — 2:00.64 (→ 6th place)
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- Heat — 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 400 m Freestyle
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- Heat — 4:13.85
- Final — 4:15.71 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 1:02.83
- Final — 1:03.23 (→ 8th place)
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- Heat — 1:03.21
- B-Final — 1:03.42 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200 m Backstroke
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- Heat — 2:16.13
- B-Final — 2:15.20 (→ 11th place)
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- Heat — 2:15.74
- B-Final — 2:17.68 (→ 15th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 1:11.00
- B-Final — 1:11.16 (→ 13th place)
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- Heat — 1:11.60 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
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- Heat — 2:32.55
- B-Final — 2:32.97 (→ 13th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 1:01.04
- Final — 1:01.16 (→ 8th place)
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- Heat — 1:01.56
- B-Final — 1:01.32 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly
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- Heat — 2:11.21
- Final — 2:09.88 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 2:11.00
- Final — 2:10.24 (→ 5th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 2:18.13
- B-Final — 2:18.47 (→ 9th place)
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- Heat — 2:18.63
- B-Final — 2:18.91 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley
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- Heat — 4:47.92
- Final — 4:46.24 (→ 5th place)
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- Heat — 4:46.17
- Final — 4:47.78 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
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- Heat — 3:49.91 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
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- Heat — 4:11.48
- Final — 4:09.92 (→ 7th place)
Synchronized swimming
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Three synchronized swimmers represented Japan in 1992.
Table tennis
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Tennis
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Men's Singles Competition
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- First round — Lost to Renzo Furlan (Italy) 4-6, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6
Women's double
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- Third round — lost to Jana Novotná and Andrea Strnadová 6–3, 7–6(4).
Volleyball
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Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated United States (3-1)
- Lost to France (2-3)
- Lost to Italy (0-3)
- Lost to Spain (2-3)
- Defeated Canada (3-2)
- Quarterfinals
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- Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Defeated Unified Team (3-2)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to Italy (0-3) → Sixth place
- Team Roster
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated United States (3-2)
- Defeated Spain (3-0)
- Lost to Unified Team (0-3)
- Quarterfinals
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- Lost to Brazil (1-3)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/6th place: Defeated the Netherlands (3-1) → Fifth place
- Team Roster
Weightlifting
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Wrestling
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References
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